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[@jonnynice8366]

"It's worse than we thought." What kind of ridiculous click-bait nonsense title is that for this video?

[@kowal4208]

Jakob is chasing history, Kerr is chasing Jakob.

[@lukekelly4978]

This comment was stolen from the last video about kerr and ingebrigtsen

[@lanagorgeous9485]

100% 🤣

[@Lyaworski123]

Don’t count out Nuguse!

[@malehumanperson7901]

He was chasing Jakob at 200m to go in Budapest. Ditto Jake in 2022.

[@mchaydel]

Well said!

[@seatownfan]

Clickbait title as usual 🤔

[@jdoveyk9422]

Purely psychological move on Kerr part. If he doesn’t race the indoor then the last memory he and Ingebritsen has is the defeat at the line at WC. If Kerr races JI and loses then it dashes his momentum and could negatively affect his mental game. He doesn’t see that title as worth having more than the hype train that will be built off of JI wanting his revenge at Olympics and all the press that he can milk up until then.

[@leventeszemerei]

I think Jakob should worry about not just Kerr (If he races) but anyone else.. remember 2022 Belgrade and 2019 Glasgow? Jakob got beaten there and has 0 gold medal from indoor 1500 worlds. But I bet he's gonna be "sick" again..

[@jamie.lennon1]

Definitely not that deep 😂 You'd have a point if this was the first indoor championship he's skipped. But he's never done one as a pro. World Indoors or European Indoors. He and his coach believe in peaking once a year, in the summer. Simple as that.

[@litespeed65]

Ridiculous explanation. Not only does Kerr run his mouth but he's also a coward, a runner's job is to run not run and hide.

[@1world2coexist]

A perfectly great explanation!! I agree with everything you said.

[@leighsymons5619]

​@@litespeed65you have no idea.

[@jollymolly2521]

If you're an athlete - don't talk shizz about your rival KNOWING you're going to be skipping the next big major meet against him. There's no way Kerr didn't know he wouldn't be going to Indoor Worlds when he smack talked Ingebrigtsen. Don't talk it if you're not going to walk it....er...run it. Noah Lyles showed up at Pre just because Coleman ran the same time after Worlds that he ran at Worlds. People side-eyed him...but he put his title on the line and showed up...and lost, but he still showed up.

[@steven-cu1rk]

well, if you just raced him, seems normal you can talk about him

[@stevemt3238]

Talk = Hype. Results = Reality.

[@DrJacobGoodin]

I saw Kerr at the Holiday Half Marathon in San Diego yesterday. He looked STRONG coming in with a 2 min PR from the same course last year. Disappointed that his coach is keeping him from clashing with Ingebrigtsen indoors, but all signs point to him playing the long game of building his aerobic strength for an Olympic payoff. 🤞it’s worth the wait.

[@No_One1_Special]

Kerr barely broke 62 minutes. There are a zillion African runners who could do that. Jakob himself would probably beat him by 4 minutes. Kerr has a nice kick, but he's not even in Jakob's league. I doubt Kerr could break 13:00 in a 5k, and maybe not even 13:10, whereas Jakob could probably break 12:35 and maybe even 12:30.

[@greenpenguin3154]

@@No_One1_Specialwhen

[@DrJacobGoodin]

Where were those zillion Africans in the world final? I’m not saying Kerr’s the best half marathoner in the world, just that improvement is improvement and this early in his build-up it’s a good sign. He has a kick and is building his engine so he can be there to deliver it again

[@readmycomment101]

@@DrJacobGoodin The zillion Africanos are racing in different events throughout the world where big money is given, may not be that prestigious but as they are poor they need money and will run only where its available, like the Dubai run..

[@Trizzer89]

Bruh, he had a cold, give him a break. Its crazy that he even got 2nd place. Insane ability

[@s.angello]

A cold? As far as I remember he even had fever

[@MontysKillerRabbit]

​@@s.angello I hear he was dead

[@zkcfactory4840]

Ok? And he still lost the same exact way as he did the previous year as well. Highly doubt it was a cold and more so him doing nothing to improve his race tactics, as he lost to 2 Scottish teammates who used the same tactics in back to back years to beat him. If he doesn’t just learn to acknowledge some of his weaknesses then he’ll never do anything to stop this current gold drought in the 1500. He can have all the records he wants, but it will be the people wearing gold around their necks who will have the last laugh

[@BendOver-kf9zz]

Wightman gets a pass for not racing world indoors because of his recent and plentiful injuries this past year, but Josh throwing his coach under the bus for not running in Glasgow really comes off as him not wanting to admit he’s scared of losing.

[@blainejohnson9954]

It’s one thing for him to trash Jakob but trashing his own coach 😂 might do Ker som good to train and race in good shoes and spikes instead of Bricks, i mean brooks

[@petebarber6778]

no interest

[@blainejohnson9954]

@@J.e.f.f.r.e.y not necessarily. He’s still a strong runner who’s figuring out how to win in a sub 3:30 race. He’s definitely a medal contender, I just think he’s getting too big headed rn. He has lost since his hood like you said, but he’s adopted Jakobs confidence. Jakob has more reason to back up his confidence than Kerr, but I wouldn’t count him out for a medal or possibly a gold this year with Jakob fighting injury rn

[@veganpotterthevegan]

Everyone used to winning so much is afraid of losing

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@@J.e.f.f.r.e.ypeople taper for the biggest events. It's not that magical. Look at DeGrasse. He never wins in less important races

[@MrTwinFraser]

Climb out of Jacob's hoop. Kerr has his plan and it obviously doesn't involve a major competition in winter. Many athletes don't even compete over winter because it's not in their plan. All eyes must be on Olympics, not WIC.

[@lanagorgeous9485]

I agree with Jakob, he was just the next guy. I love it how Kerr was a no show at the Diamond League Final. Yared is the real challenge to Jakob. Jakob has been racing Kerr and Wightman since he was 15 and they have rarely beaten him over multiple races. Yared with his Ethiopian pedigree is better than Kerr. In his last Diamond League race right after the world champs, Kerr claimed to be going for a British 1500 record, but he found out how hard it is to lead and Yared showed him on that day. So instead of going to the Diamond League final he runs that silly mile road race. With Jakob and Yared running sub 3:44's it would have been interesting to see Kerr in that race.

[@martinst8764]

I kindof agree - if Kerr (who I really like) had done the Diamond League final, he may very well have come 2nd or 3rd but he would almost certainly have nailed the British record - which has stood for 38 years! He may never get such a great opportunity again.

[@david2804me]

It is not about quantity but quality. Jakob has raced in 3 world 1500m finals and has been beaten twice....these are the races that really count and go into the record books and the long term memory. In summary, it is Jakob 1: Josh 1: Jake 1

[@lanagorgeous9485]

@@martinst8764 Kerr went for the British record in Zurich right after the world champs, but it found out how tough it is to lead and not only did he not get the record, but he was defeated by Yared Nuguse. I don't think he wants to face Jakob again till the Olympics, but that will be hard to do.

[@martinst8764]

That was Mo's 1500m record and he ended up being pace setter himself in that race.

[@david2804me]

@@martinst8764 OOI, the British 1500m record is 10 years old not 38

[@napoleondanielcoca2976]

Both should watch out for Naguse Kerr thinks he will get in Jakob head mentally He won’t be in top 3 and I’ll come back here

[@nooffencealan9135]

So Kerr avoiding Ingrebritsen is bad, but McLaughlin avoiding Bol is OK?

[@dustinpittman7495]

Wasn't Mclaughlin injured this season on top of moving to the open 400m?

[@stephenwilliams7200]

You crazy if you really think that Sidney is a sec faster than bol and has blown her ass out every race they have race

[@KJM3SMG]

LOL, McLaughlin is not avoiding anyone she's by far the best. Unlike in boxing, the best ain't worried here.

[@RavishingSailor]

Lol, for a split second when I saw the title I was like damn, I hope the injury wasn’t bad. Have to admit, you got me.

[@jamesstedronsky4139]

Kerr knows he can't risk the psychological damage of a loss.....that says it all.

[@zkcfactory4840]

Or maybe he just doesn’t wanna run 9-10 months in a season and risk peaking too early 🤷‍♂️. We’ve seen this plenty of time across all events where athletes don’t run indoors so that they can focus on the real task at hand, I don’t really see the problem with that. Wightman is no different and won the gold in 2022 in the same fashion. Only reason any of you guys feel he’s ducking and not Wightman is simply because Kurr is being vocal and not just letting Jakob brush him off like he did Wightman

[@WorldwideDarts]

Jakob was sick when he lost wasn't he?

[@janerikkvarsten2273]

Jacob don't care about Kerr, he cares about running sub 3:30 indoors for the first time in history and noboty comes close to him so this is more a race against the clock

[@JohnSmith-rx2uv]

I'm already 5 minutes in and still don't know why "It's Worse Than We Thought"? Enough with the clickbait already ...

[@benjaminjako]

Not crediting Lemmino for the music?

[@sunnygames4948]

Honestly I think the real rivalry is between Jacob and Neguse. Ker is good, but not on either of their levels.

[@petersamaras3732]

Fact. He’s a comparable racer but Jakob and Yared are in a league of their own talent-wise, rivaled only maybe by Katir or some of the young upstarts that are a few years away from podium fitness (Cameron Myers, Niels Laros)

[@malehumanperson7901]

Shut up, Yank

[@Vdoggg]

Yupp

[@calumcharters8931]

How does that make sense when Kerr beat them both In the world champs? A league of their own?

[@chessplayer-ms3pn]

@@calumcharters8931 Cause Jakob was sick and obviously not at his best, He's bean beating kerr when he was 15 and kerr was 18.

[@sailshane]

Should Jakob focus on one race like the 1500 i think he dominates. It will be interesting to see if he still tries the double in the Olympics.

[@jeramievanrijsewijk1051]

Last I heard he wants to try the triple. 1500, 5k, 10k.

[@harrymaurer7984]

Wasn’t Jakob sick or something like that?… I thought he won another race later and said he was feeling better.

[@ZM-gm9ob]

why run when you are sick

[@KewlBrown]

@@ZM-gm9obwhy not? You going to miss a big race because of the sniffles. He went out and almost won it even though he was sick. Good for him.

[@LDB670]

$$$$$

[@johnwilson5743]

Another very good video, TRP. Many thanks. However, there is one HUGE aspect that you are overlooking. Very few of the top middle distance runners in the world, actually compete Indoors. It requires a slightly different skill set to run on Indoor 200m tracks, banked. It just doesn't suit a lot of runners. Plus, I estimate only around 10% of top runners have EVER raced indoors. Mostly it is simply to complete Sponsorship obligations, so they might compete every two years at Indoor World Champs but seldom compete regularly Indoors. We can't compare the Indoor Tracks of the 1960's, 70's and 80's to today's Indoor Tracks as the tech involved makes them so much faster. That also tends to almost invalidate the results when the "bounce and assistance" of the best Indoor Tracks means we are not comparing apples to apples. Athletes outside of USA seldom focus on having an Indoor competitive season. It was originally used by Scandavaian runners when winter meant 5 feet of snow and running on machines was just too boring. It is the US College/University system that pushes the Indoor season which just tends to add another reason why the majority get burnt out by the College Coaches demands for them to compete, compete, compete. So, look at how many of the top World best middle distance runners decide NOT to race Indoors and you will get a better understanding of the low importance most have for Indoor racing.

[@No_One1_Special]

I am not a Kerr fan, but I don't see the big deal here. Let's be honest, indoor is the red headed stepchild of track and field, with many of the top runners electing to skip it entirely.

[@JamesLowe-u2u]

Red headed huh? You really think a casual prejudicial slur has a place in this forum? Indoors are vital training in many countries where outside winter training is not an option. Banked sides and a completely different racing strategy are value experience building for outdoor seasons. Given that most sprinters slow down after 60-70 m, the 60m should also probably the gold standard for World Fastest man also.

[@_Crumpet]

@@JamesLowe-u2u womp womp

[@AnthonyMcqueen1987]

Steve Prefontaine due to his arrogance and ignorance he lost against the worlds best and did not take his competition on the international stage seriously. This is why i dont take national runners seriously sure they win NCAA champions and so on but the world stage like the world championship and especially at the Olympics are a completely different story. Kerr is smart race JAKOB where it counts the Olympics and show the world that you are the best 1500m runner in the world.

[@CaptainCook83]

The US coaches have a bad tendency to hide their athletes for big events.

[@kc5466]

And it works for the most part.

[@Magnusfication]

So as to not fail a doping check?

[@s.angello]

​@@kc5466uhm well, not really.

[@kc5466]

@@s.angello so what could it be? US coaches have a tendency to avoid their athletes biggest rivals until the big day and only take part in competitions that don’t involve their biggest competitors. What else could it be if not to make sure they don’t figure them out?

[@veganpotterthevegan]

​@Magnusfication they're all doping and all get regular testing

[@seb16x2110]

I CANNOT wait for the 1500m final at the Olympics. Probably the most hype event in all the track events with everything that's gone down these past 2 years

[@david2804me]

Hmm....ok I tried but I can't seem to care much about the indoor race...whoever wins it, the result will be forgotten within 10 minutes....whereas Paris is a different matter.

[@tankeater]

DEFINITELY getting ready to un-follow... This Chanel used to be good. USED TO BE!!!

[@tonyli7296]

You did typo at 3:03 in the video that Josh Kerr time in Men’s 1500m final was 4:44.51 but you probably meant 3:44.51

[@connor7568]

seems to be at least one typo in every video 🙄

[@KarthikSusie]

Mark of a poor champion. He wins one race and everyone think of him as an equal or better than Jakob, he lost every single international race against Jakob until that WC final. 61 Half isn't that impressive for a guy wants to break 2 mile indoor (not saying he cannot do that). The DL final was a testmanent from Jakob to say it to the world he can run close to WR in different events back to back. As far as I can tell no one has done that or even attempted. Shows how well he can recover when he is fit. All he needs to do his run the Olympic final 3.27 or lower. Yared on the other hand is a true competition for Jakob in Paris, also when we stopped listening to athletes when they say they are sick? Life happens for everyone.

[@benchavis1624]

You are better at talking than understanding track and field. Could you get your fruit loops, remote control, key pad, sit back in your mom’s recliner and continue to regurgitate your lack of knowledge?

[@jimoconnor8597]

Jakob will race anyone, anywhere. Kerr is scared. Might as well just say it....

[@uMsubathi]

We need more videos like this 😅

[@thedailystride5407]

Agreed. Such a cool behind-the-scenes look at how these rivalries develop.

[@solomonhiggins4576]

Jakob is overrated. Man folded 2 years in a row the same way and people still miss that somehow. Kerr might not be as fast w pr’s, but Kerr sounds to me like he evaluates his season a lot better to prepare for the end goal

[@questioneverything3060]

Why is it worse than we thought, stop click bating it’s just missing a race 🙄

[@G.Uppercut123]

I thought you were talking about world hunger or global warming Sheeeshhh

[@jeffreycarman2185]

5:57 I couldn’t disagree more. While it’s true that many middle and long distance runner (especially those coming out of the US collegiate system) are used to going straight from Cross Country, to Indoor, to Outdoor, there is plenty of evidence that the strain that this lack of rest puts many runners through is less than beneficial. In addition, racing is not the best training. So if Kerr has a training schedule for the Olympics that is not conducive to trying to run peak performance exactly for Glasgow, that’s a legitimate reasons. Kerr won’t be the only top talent not there. Many top Track and Field athletes deemphasize Indoor, or skip it altogether.

[@keaeril]

Stupid click bait titles for most of your videos.

[@ChairmanAntelope]

This isn’t boxing/MMA. He’s not “dodging” Jakob. He has different plans for his racing schedule. But people see what they want to see I guess, which is usually drama.

[@jamie.lennon1]

Agree. Kerr has never done an indoor championship as a pro. So this is not a surprise at all.

[@jginvincible1998]

Toph from avatar the last airbender one said, "Sounds to me like your scared Josh"

[@brutongaster8426]

Huge mistake by Kerr, Jakob will win in Scotland, take a dump on the track during his victory lap, then turn around and win in Paris easily.

[@nathananderson385]

I think we have to take Kerr at face value. And it makes sense in terms of training cycles. If the indoor championships don't line up with the training cycles building up to Paris, then he looses that fitness gain by racing and recovering during it.

[@Shandy6733]

Well, I do believe what Josh says about his coach-meaning it's a coach's decision-however it does look like, and in fact is that Josh is chickening out of the competition. Like you said in 6 years of racing happened only once, that Josh could "beat" Jakob and not taking anything away, but Jakob was slightly sick and even in this scenario Josh could only edge him out with 2/10s of a second. IMO Jakob is levels higher than Josh and/or Jake....Josh will never have done what Jakob has since age 10! Jakob is waaaaaay up there....everybody else is just in HIS footsteps...

[@jujutrini8412]

It’s not “chickening out”. It’s tactics.😂

[@Shandy6733]

@@jujutrini8412 IT IS chickening out! Clearly you're missing information.... A LOT!!!

[@tvgcmma9215]

Also Ollie Hoare if he runs like did in Birmingham at the commonwealth games - think the 1500m could be the best race at championships as Jakob has to find a way to run from front if Kenyans don’t push pace and still have enough at finish - as Kerr Wightman Ngouse nordas Hoare all capable of sitting behind and finish strong running 3:28 -

[@fromyr]

Kerr avoiding Glasgow is a cop out.

[@rodjohnson2632]

As a fan of the sport, it's been extremely frustrating for over 40 years (Seems like it got much worse starting with Coe and Ovett) to see top athletes dodging each other in many competitions, especially in an Olympic year. However, if an athlete truly believes his or her best chance to win Olympic gold is to not compete in certain events beforehand, that's their choice. Why should they care what the fans and track community think? Who wouldn't rather win gold and have fans pissed off, versus making everyone happy and losing?

[@mdavidom5903]

3:04.... Timing typo for Kerr ...he was a second slower, not a whole minute...😊

[@Vdoggg]

Love this. Hasnt Kerr always been skipping a lot of events?

[@JohnMFlores]

This makes sense. You need months of periodized training to peak at the right time, so training to peak at the World indoors may disrupt the longer term training schedule. Sure, others have done it but perhaps Kerr's coach realizes that his runner will need to be at his absolute best to win Gold.

[@SennaMadeF1]

Correct, most people in the comments have no clue about periodisation. There were so many breakthrough performances after covid… this either is due to lack of drug testing or from not being able to race so athletes focused on purely training. Could be a bit of both.

[@0161scally]

Blah blah blah, everything is irrelevant next to the Olympic’s next year. You can run your mouths off all you want but the person to beat is Jakob. Hes gonna make sure he’s ready. The other 2 make me yawn! 🥱

[@henrihelvetica5835]

🗣 Sounds like Bobby Kersee is coaching Kerr 😂. All jokes aside: If they don't meet indoors, or in Oslo Diamond League, are they not meeting in Italy for EU Champs? Also adding that all of Josh PBs date from 2019-2021, and Jakob's training has led to multiple PBs, ARs, NRs, WRs all this year, and he races much more than Josh does. Anyhow,, maybe Kerr believes he's on a career arc that will beat Jakob's next year. Lastly, remember when Yared was asked about breaking the US record at Eugene this yr, and that he wanted a sub 3:46? Jakob told him to stick to him as long as he could, and he would get a sub 46. Well, GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? Jakob handing out PBs and ARs! Yared ran 3:43.97 and Jakob won getting multiple record. AR, DLR, MR, PB

[@Runningfree-ju9cy]

I can understand Josh’s coach’s thinking. Both fully fit (very close to their physical peaks) Jakob wins every time in a race near WR pace. Jakob has better endurance, his raw/natural speed is his only weakness - i.e. kick in a tactical race or race more than 2 seconds outside the WR. Why give Jakob any knowledge (and confidence) advantage by exposing Josh’s weakness(es) before the Olympic final, the most important race by far in 2024?

[@markphilpottultra]

Solid move, to win Olympic Gold one has to first make it to the start line uninjured. Lets see how many of those so called favourites actually get to the final of the 1500m in one piece, nothing is a certainty as a runner.

[@OnTheEdge86]

To beat a guy who was sick and go 2-7, talk all that shit, and then duck him in every race before Paris looks fucking terrible.

[@tonydiaz2541]

Yet he win the 5000 a few days later. Guess he wasn't that sick.

[@GardenChess]

He’s just stronger at the 5000

[@dfc3usaf]

He was sick when he lost to Jake too. Whenever Jacob lost, he was sick. Jacob is the fav no matter what, but it's going to be a great Olympic 1500. A lot of thoroughbreds who will make it a great race.

[@722.fxbien2]

@@tonydiaz2541do you not know how a cold/illness works?It will spike one day and then weaken the next few days.I'm sick right now as we speak and thats how its been.

[@jamie.lennon1]

​@@dfc3usafHe never claimed to be sick when he lost to Jake

[@desmondyung]

Is it a reupload?

[@dttorres93]

Cringe clickbait content.

[@JustanotherCuriousdude-wy4bm]

As far as I know Kerr has only beaten Jakob once, NOT twice -you CANNOT count heats!

[@stuartwalker6786]

Isn't Ingebrigtsen injured anyway? He didn't run the Euro Cross Champs.

[@mchaydel]

Kerr is scared of Jakob indoors

[@jamfam4510]

Stop clickbaiting wtf

[@troys1480]

This Josh Kerr hype is off the charts - he promptly got outkicked by Nuguse in his next Diamond League 1500 following Budapest, despite having pacers in the Zurich race to help him break GB’s natl record, and was suddenly “tired” (i.e., he “couldn’t” run in the Pre Classic in Eugene) after Ingebrigtsen set another WR in Brussels (this time in the 2000m) - probably a smart move by Kerr, though, since Ingebrigtsen just missed a 3rd WR in 2023 in the mile and followed that up with a ER in the 3000m the next day @ the Pre Classic - until Kerr changes his sit & kick style (detested by knowledgeable track fans) to the hammer-it-from-start-to-finish approach run by Prefontaine in the ‘70s and Ingebrigtsen & Nuguse now…let’s just say Ingebrigtsen’s 2023 will never be forgotten and may never be replicated, while Kerr’s one win v. Ingebrigtsen was just another sit & kick yawner

[@ricardorgomez]

Avoidance. Absolutely. He can win the indoor and Olympics. They are 6 months apart. It's ridiculous to think you can't peak for both. Talk to cycling champions who win the Vuelta de Espana, Giro de Italia and Tour de France within a 5 month period. It's rare for someone to win all three but two is not that uncommon. And those races last for a good THREE weeks at a time. 100+ mile day races. What's 1500M? And by not racing the Indoor Worlds.... He's lessening his racing legs and mentality. It's ridiculous on so many levels. If I was Jakob, I would think Kerr is cowarding out and it would boost my confidence. I'd be ready to crush him in the Olympics.

[@alwaystmoza]

Nothing exciting Jakob wasn't even well when he lost against Josh 😅😅

[@chipsandgravy4387]

To be honest though, the world champs was the race that MATTERED in 2022, and Jakob lost 💀 I know it’s Americans in the comments hyping up Nuguse for beating Kerr in the DL but that race really didn’t matter, he should’ve peaked for worlds…

[@gerardyamaha141]

Your titles and thumbnails are hilarious lmao

[@markpodlesak7204]

Jakob is overall the top man. He keeps an amazing standard for virtually all year round, whereas Kerr has to build to a peak which goes down soon after. That's normal for practically all world class athletes it's just the odd super athlete eg Jakob that breaks the mold. In the video it makes the point that the indoor event and the Olympics is 6 month's apart, but the quote from Kerr's coach as saying that if you win the first but then don't make the Olympic team?? (not don't win a gold) does make sense as the amount of world class 1500m runners in the Uk at the moment is insane. He will need to peek twice during the summer.

[@robinbauer1975]

Jakob is great and smacked everyone this year including kerr Kerr is a 3:29 guy tf he talking bout. He was lucky that jakob was sick and took the race of his life Respect for him to be world champion but he IS NOT THE BEST 1.500m runner in the world

[@leventeszemerei]

When all of a sudden Jakob getting beaten he always says to the media : "It was not my day and i'm actually sick"... Everytime haha isn't it strange?

[@nukahina384]

@@leventeszemereievery time? He’s said it once and that was after the 1500m at worlds this year. Plus the doctors confirmed his sickness so I don’t understand your conspiracies about him faking sickness

[@billybud9557]

Smart move by Kerr's coach. If he were to lose indoors to Inge., it would destroy his confidence for Paris. Nothing to do with conditioning. Jakob is like Hicham...not afraid to lead. He makes them race, that is why he is the fan favorite and why he has 3 World Records and an Olympic Gold. Josh has none of the above.

[@RUNISFAST]

Josh kerr is not jakobs challenger nobody jakob had fever in both world championship.

[@sunnydays5581]

avoidance. He is riding on the psychological advantage of a major win over Jakob. That slither of benefit extinguishes somewhat if he loses indoors, he wants to carry it into Paris. He thinks its Coe Ovett LOL. Jakob to run a WR in paris, kerr will shake his hand

[@7ebr830]

From the sly video title to the delay in getting to the frickin point, this channel is bye bye from me. I got to 2:49 but gave up when he said, "Back in 2016." I just don't care. Stuff it. 👋

[@alexking2476]

Josh Kerr 😂... bro you beat him 1 time and you now KNOW ALL HIS WEAKNESSES lmao... stop ✋️ someone needs to tell you to slow down bub.

[@canuckowl]

It's bad optics. Reminds me of McLaughlin-Levrone skipping her chance to take on Femke Bol at the Worlds. Don't you want to go head to head with the best if you think you're the best?

[@gustavorothmund6103]

We all have to agree that Kerr is one off the greatests finishers in the world right now, but when you compare his running abilities to Jakob's, you're being kinda stupid, because when you got that Diamond League events, when the pace really goes to higher levels, we all now that it will be Jakob that will go to the front, and someone like Kerr, Nuguse or even else Nordas will have to make the race of their lifes on being able to change Jakob. He is the man that have many age records, that does the harder training program, that is the one that can challenge all runners around the world in many diferent distances(cause you can't forget that he is a double 5.000m world champ), that he's the man that puts himself at the line to push the strongests fields ever and that HE is the guy that is really is putting his name at the all time list in a hight position and in a hight frequency, considering that Josh isn't even a national record holder. Josh is a great runner, obviously, but he isn't the breaking records man, cause this man's name is Jakob Ingebrigtsen, and when people, or even Josh Kerr himself, compare his potencial with Ingebrigtsen's, or even else people compare Jakob with Jake Wightman, they're being ignorant, because the times are there and the numbers of victories too, and you just need to read them to see that Jakob is superior.

[@andytv22]

i think you are forgetting that coaches and athletes know things that often the general public isnt made aware of like maybe he has had medical issues or injuries that the coach is afraid could effect his Olympic opportunities. As a coach i can speak from personal experience that sometimes its better safe than sorry,

[@dledge2689]

That makes sense but his comments on his coach not letting him run when he wants to. That part makes it seem like it’s something else. He should show alignment with his coach not finger pointing

[@zkcfactory4840]

It’s becoming a lot more common for athletes to skip out on indoors and limit their races to be able to calculate how they can manage to compete at top for come Olympic time. I highly doubt this is him trying to avoid running against Jakob especially since he’s coming off a world championship win against him and still plans on racing him in Paris nonetheless. No need for him to have his heart racing and be in a super tense and competitive race 2 months into the racing season just for things to die down again in intensity until he runs trials and Olympics. Plus both Wightman and Kurd used the same strategy to beat Jakob in back to back years, so them both doing whatever they can to keep themselves healthy this year will definitely allow them to keep themselves in check and utilize their race strategy that’s already previously worked for them to perfection assuming Jakob doesn’t make any significant changes to his own race tactics that can stop him from losing a third straight global title.

[@tylernero6671]

They are actually buddies but just milking the appearance fees

[@theexcelproject6973]

This is one of those people who waits for someone to make a single mistake then releases a barrage of hate. Jakob had a target on his back all year long. It's easier for anyong to plan an attack on you if you have this target on your back because you don't know what everyone else is planning on you. Let us see this guy exchange places with Jakob and he'll know. Pure Brit bravado.

[@thewalkingjoke3843]

Josh has the ability to run s couple of «good» races a season, whereas Jakob can pull of a fast race in any event from the 1500m and up at any time and day of the year… Ridiculous, then, that Kerr is trash talking Jakob because Jakob has the guts and talent to go for it all.

[@fabi8731]

The only thing that's worse thn we thought is the title of this video. I guess everyone thought they were going to hear about how Jakob's injury is worse than everyone thought and all. But instead, we are hearing about some made up stories and maybe 10secs of a podcast, that might as well just be mind games.

[@herobo123456]

JOSH hilarious how they call him British he's American

[@jimrabbit96]

If Kerr doesnt run Glasgow and doesn't win the Olympics then what? Just run both. If youre one of the best 1500 runners in the world you should be able to drum up a plan to peak for both.

[@christiansantos7164]

6 months worth of rest between Glasgow and Olympic trials, GTFOOH with that bullshite. Kerr needs to go play dodgeball.

[@philipj.sherman2987]

6:46 You gave Jakob's time to Yard. Yes, they were both at 3:43 but were talking track times. So this is a technical error that does make a difference. I do like your video's though.

[@crosslink1493]

Its kind of slow this time of year, isn't it? Just a re-package of what's already been put to video in the recent past to keep the TRP brand out there. Can't blame you.

[@PangeanLovePodcast]

When Jacob goes down for PED use. Ill be back to your channel waiting for a deep video covering his amazing rize in such a short period of time.

[@rodhester2166]

Terrible choice. Life is short. A person could be gone tomorrow, This is something never enters most peoples minds. They do not take time to take it all in when it comes to events in their lives. Your next event, race, or life experience could be your last especially at the world level. Even if you dont show up to win but instead show up and treat it like training, it is still great just to be there as most runners never get the chance.

[@rookincharge2780]

He should definitely compete at Glasgow. Doesn't make sense to avoid it. Had goofy coach before and it's annoying when you miss a chance to be patriotic for a second.

[@mkrnp]

I will tolerate short ads (less than 30 seconds) for using youtube for free. But not SIX MINUTES! See ya, bye.

[@joelmacinnes2391]

If this is another BS post fangirling over Ingebrigtsen and reiterating his h2h wirh Kerr as though it provides some kind of weight, I'm unsubscribing

[@soyanchd5439]

Jakob was sick during the WC, and dude barely lost. Yet Kerr who beat gin only twice in 8 years is tapping like a rabid dog 😂

[@jamie.lennon1]

Once. TRP keeps saying Kerr has 2 wins, but one of them is a semi-final.

[@ivanjednobiegowiec7656]

Birmin-G-HAM... Sheeeeesh... Birming'am mate, Birming'am is the correct pronunciation...

[@Lewis714]

The more videos I watch, the more I found them just repeating the same stuff over and over. What happened to quality over quantity

[@chrisvanbuggenum871]

There is no way it would negatively impact performance six months later, it's 1500metres, not a marathon.

[@bosox1640]

This has got to be the biggest drama queen channel out there. I don’t typically watch, and when I do, I’m reminded why I don’t.

[@IAmOHMSS]

Could you please use more descriptive and timeless titles? This useless clickbait is a shame (for your otherwise excellent channel).

[@pratyakshkumar8940]

We can't actually compare kerr and jakob. Jakob has lost rarely, he is a generational talent. Whereas kerr is an average trash talking endurance middle distance runner. Jakob crushes him at every single distance. jakob has literally 10x international medals compared to kerr. Kerr in his whole career cannot achieve even half of what jakob has achieved in the early stages of his career.

[@colinrrbrown]

Until next time WHAT? You need to say until next time [something], otherwise your sign off line does not make sense.

[@Rareos]

Not competing in Scotland plays to JI‘s hand, clearly.

[@jgalt1981]

Ridiculous excuse. No way a 1500 6 months earlier will impact summer olympics.